scrape out
Example Sentences
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Mr. Futterman’s focus on superstars will leave some readers wishing he’d chronicled the occasional journeyman trying to scrape out wins and paychecks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Finger marks inside some jars suggest looters tried to scrape out the contents as completely as possible.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 18, 2025
Each has consequences on the longer-term lifespan of whatever intimacies their characters can scrape out for themselves.
From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2024
“There’s so many different challenges that we go to try to bottle them up and limit as many as we can just to try to scrape out some wins, you know,” Russell said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 12, 2024
I have to scrape out the last bit of bravery hiding in my bones.
From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender
